Favorite Motivational Quote

[allnurses]

Some days are tougher to get through than others. When a thermos of coffee won't do the trick, sometimes remembering a motivational quote and keeping it at the front of your mind helps! Provide your favorite motivational quote for this National Nurses Week contest and you'll be entered to win a $250 amazon.com gift card!

Winner will be announced May 16, 2017

UPDATE: May 19, 2017

The winner of the 2017 National Nurses Week Favorite Motivational Quote was from user JadedCPN whose favorite quote was:

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

I apply this to my professional as well as my personal life.

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[barb ormsby]

I'm a NURSE. What's your super power?

[Edclem4, BSN]

Never say never!

[Amauk]

Me: our peds pt ingested triple C.

Resident: im sure he didnt. No one gets high on vit C

Me: no its triple C, skittles, hi C.

Resident: come on really. None of those are going to make you sick.

Me: are you freaken kidding me! The are drugs. Not candy not vits. Street drugs!

Resident: oh

[cpaynern]

"When you are a nurse you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours".

[normaicurn]

They may not always remember your name but they will always remember how you made them feel!

[vanilla bean]

Me: our peds pt ingested triple C.

Resident: im sure he didnt. No one gets high on vit C

Me: no its triple C, skittles, hi C.

Resident: come on really. None of those are going to make you sick.

Me: are you freaken kidding me! The are drugs. Not candy not vits. Street drugs!

Resident: oh

You took the words right out of my mouth. I have a beautiful framed poster with this quote hanging in my entryway.

[jer2232]

Sometimes when I am having a bad day I look at this little picture of the penguins of madagascar that says "just smile and wave boys..... just smile and wave."

[IEDave, ASN, CNA, LVN]

"Today I will do what others won't,

so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't"

- attributed to Jerry Rice.

CNA's know this one intuitively.

[jaderook01, BSN, RN]

"Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself." —Tolstoy

[PTFlyRN]

Definitely describes the gift of being part of the Nursing profession! 43 years and still going strong.

[angeloublue22, BSN, RN]

Little changes make big changes.

[buderflyz]

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson